carbon testing News
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SURAGUS won Innovation Award
SURAGUS is the winner of the 17th Innovation Award by the Free State of Saxony. The awards ceremony took place in Chemnitz yesterday where Marcus Klein (CEO) and Richard Kupke (Manager Carbon Fiber Testing) happily accepted the award for the innovative testing solution for carbon fiber materials. The award which sets out to promote and encourage small businesses innovation, was presented by Sven ...
By SURAGUS GmbH
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Shredding test: Carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRP)
Carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRP) are extremely light and at the same time high-strength and dimensionally stable. Carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRP) are extremely light and at the same time high-strength and dimensionally stable. With these properties, they are of particular interest to the aviation industry or automotive construction. What makes them stable, however, limits ...
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Nokian to Improve Recovered Carbon Black
Nokian Tyres has signed a research agreement for an international project aiming to improve the quality and yield of recovered carbon black from end-of-life tyres. This will enable the use of higher amounts of recovered carbon black in rubber compounds, benefiting tyre and rubber product manufacturers in creating more sustainable products. The target of the research project is to improve the ...
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ASTM D6851 - 02(2011) standard test method for determination of contact ph with activated carbon
The determination of contact pH can be used as a simple and fast measurement that can allow activated carbon producers and users to have a standard method for assessing the effect various carbons will have on the initial pH of the water in contact with the carbon. It has been determined that there is a bias between this method and Test Method D3838; they are not equivalent. 1. Scope ...
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Dynamita is growing, we’re excited to have Peter and Navalona with us!
We were so busy that this announcement is a little delayed – but we’re welcoming Peter and Navalona joining us in the past few months. Péter Budai has a PhD from Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, where later he was an Assistant Professor teaching in Hungarian and English and participating in research projects in water quality, carbon footprint and virus ...
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Australian Growers directed to certified laboratories
Grain growers are encouraged to make sure that the soil testing laboratory they use in coming months is certified to conduct the test they require. This is one of the messages contained in a new Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) fact sheet Better Fertiliser Decisions for Crop Nutrition. Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) researcher Ross Brennan said soil testing was the ...
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Praxair to Exhibit at Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX), will showcase industrial gases and equipment for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and energized fluid fracturing at the Society of Petroleum Engineering Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (SPE-ATCE) in San Antonio, Texas, on October 8–10. SPE-ATCE is a leading technical conference for oil and gas exploration and production. Praxair will showcase its ...
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SURAGUS GmbH is nominated for the JEC Innovation Award Asia 2013
The SURAGUS GmbH has qualified with EddyCus® CF map 6060 for the established JEC Innovation Award Asia 2013. The unique concept of non-destructive testing of carbon fiber materials has convinced the JEC Group jury to nominate us for the coveted 15. JEC Innovation Award Asia 2013. EddyCus® CF map 6060 allows a non-destructive testing of carbon fiber composites, the visualization of their ...
By SURAGUS GmbH
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ASTM D2414 - 11 standard test method for carbon black—Oil Absorption Number (OAN)
The oil absorption number of a carbon black is related to the processing and vulcanizate properties of rubber compounds containing the carbon black. 1. Scope 1.1 This test method covers the determination of the oil absorption number of carbon black. 1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are ...
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Indoor Air Quality Emergency Response Services
Hygieneering, Inc. was called in on Sunday March 7th, 2011 in response to a high rise building fire in the Chicago Loop. Hygieneering, Inc. was called to respond to the indoor air quality concerns due to smoke and water damage that has occurred after an afternoon fire in the first floor of a Chicago Loop high rise building. The building indoor air quality is being tested for carbon dioxide, ...
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ASTM C179 - 11 standard test method for drying and firing linear change of refractory plastic and ramming mix specimens
This test method is useful in quantitatively rating or ranking both ramming and refractory plastics by their linear stability after heating. This test method is also useful for determining whether a ramming or refractory plastic can be used in a specified application based on linear change criteria. This test method excludes basic and carbon ...
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Gas hydrate: A realistic future source of gas supply?
A Department of Energy scientist writes in this week's Science magazine that a search is underway for a potentially immense untapped energy resource that, given its global distribution, has the potential to alter existing energy production and supply paradigms. In the article, Is Gas Hydrate Energy Within Reach?, Dr. Ray Boswell, technology manager for the Office of Fossil Energy’s National ...
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Kids taking center stage in science awards
Leave it to Google to shine a light on our next generation of young scientists! As we start getting ready for the 2017 academic year, Sterlitech decided to look back at last year’s Google Science Fair awards. One group of clever kids caught our attention by winning the 2016 Scientific American Innovator Award with a subject near and dear to our hearts: filtration. They made filters from a ...
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Mystery Odor Sickens One and Leaves Health Officials Uncertain of the Cause
Last month, a night time security guard became ill after being exposed to a mystery odor in Troy, New York. The event happened at the Raddock Building and continued with foul odors the following day. Local firefighters and city and county officials investigated the mystery odor and it has been reported that it was first believed to be caused by issues related to carbon monoxide. Tests did ...
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ION Science donates 5 ARA CO Detectors to The Blue Lamp Trust
The Blue Lamp Trust are dedicated to promoting and enhancing community safety throughout Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The charity offers free home security visits, installs carbon monoxide alarms and provides advice to vulnerable people, particularly the elderly and victims of burglary and domestic abuse. During a home visit, The Blue Lamp Trust installs CO alarms. Carbon monoxide is ...
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Ingersoll Rand Partners with Green Builder® Media on VISION HOUSE® in INNOVENTIONS at Epcot®
Imagine visiting your new neighbor’s home for the first time and realizing that each room features innovative products that allow this family to live more sustainably and comfortably than you ever thought possible. It gets you thinking about your own home. “What if…” That “if” is now possible. Household names focused on delighting ...
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IMO progress on black carbon in Arctic ‘welcome but long overdue’
The decision at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to recommend to its environment committee a definition of black carbon arrived at by scientific consensus, after four years of debate, has been welcomed by environmental NGO Transport & Environment. Lack of agreement at sub-committee level had been holding up technical work to calibrate and test black carbon measurement methods ...
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New Website Dedicated to Providing Answers to Soot Testing Questions Published by LA Testing
Both structural fires and wildfires can produce an enormous amount of smoke that can often infiltrate homes and buildings not directly touched by flames. This smoke is filled with combustion by-products that include soot (black carbon), ash and char. Odors, discoloration and ghosting effects can result when these combustion byproducts are deposited in buildings on surfaces and belongings. ...
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DOE awards $84M for 18 carbon-capture projects
The Energy Department said Thursday it has awarded $84 million to 18 projects across the country to help limit carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. The projects focus on so-called carbon-capture technologies intended to limit pollution blamed for global warming. "Coal and other fossil fuels still provide 80 percent of our energy, 70 percent of our electricity and will be a ...
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Shimadzu’s new TOC-L series provides high-precision analysis of organic compounds in water samples
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the TOC-L Series of analyzers for total organic carbon testing in aqueous samples. With a wide sample range from 4 μg/L to 30,000 mg/L, the TOC-L is suitable for analyzing ultra-pure to highly contaminated samples of wastewater, brine water, seawater, drinking water and pharmaceutical water. Consisting of four models, including PC-controlled and ...
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